Suspender-tab



P. ALKIRE.

SUSPENDER TAB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,19:9,

1,33 1 ,406. Patented Feb. 17, 1920;

' WITNESS: INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

PULASKI ALKIRE, OF MYTON, UTAH.

SUSPENDER-TAB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed July 22, 1919. Serial No. 312,524.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PULAsKI ALKIRE, a citizen of U. S. A., residing at Myton, in the county of Duchesne and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Tabs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of a suspender tab, embodying means whereby the same can be secured to a garment without buttons.

For this purpose each end of the tab is provided with a member having an opening, and a lever pivoted between its ends and having an oflset extremity movable within said openings and between which parts the garment is clamped.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a tab constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the tab showing the lever in inoperative position.

Fig. 4 is a view of a modification.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 in' dicates the well known suspender tab, usually constructed of leather, and to each end of which is secured a member 11. This member may be constructed from any suit able material possessing the desired or requisite rigidity, although it is preferred to construct the same from metal. The member is of substantially rectangular formation, and is provided with a tongue 12 projecting from one end thereof and to which the ad jacent end of the tab is riveted or otherwise suitably secured.

In connection with the member 11, there is a lever 14 which is bent at an appropriate point in its length as at 15 so that a portion of the lever is arranged upon each side of the member 11. Of course, the member 11 ,i provided with an el ngated slot 17 through which the lever projects, the bent portion 15 thereof having an opening through which a pin 18 projects, the locker serving as a pivot upon which the lever is mounted for rocking movement. That portion of the lever arranged upon the front mole of the member 11 terminates to provide an offset portion or lug 19 adapted to be received by an opening 20 in the member 11 when the lever is in active position. The opposite end of the lever is substantially flat to lie in contacting engagement with the adjacent end of the tab 10 so as to hold the lever in this position. A sleeve 21 is provided to embrace this extremity of the lever and the tongue 12.

By reason of the construction and arrangement of parts described, it is manifest that the tab can be used in connection with garments not having buttons. In practice, the sleeve is separated from the adjacent extremity of the lever 14 subsequent to which the lever is moved to separate the lug or oflset portion 19 thereof from the openings 20. The garment or fabric is then arranged between the member 11 at the lower end of the lever, so that when the flat end of the lever is moved into contact with the adjacent end of the tab, the lug 19 together with a portion of the garment will be moved within the opening 20. The sleeve is then returned to its position to embrace the adjacent end of the lever and the tongue 12 when the lever is thus held in a position whereby the garment cannot pull or separate itself from the member 11. The invention is I extremely simple in construction and can be quickly and easily manipulated for the purpose intended.

In Fig. et I have shown a modified form wherein the tongue 12 is eliminated, and the material at this end given a circular configuration in cross section, to receive the ad jacent end of the tab. The device is otherwise the same as the preferred form.

While I have shown and described what I consider the preferred embodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself in this connection, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is As a new articleof manufacture, a clamp comprising an elongated plate formed along its longitudinal center with aslot; a sub formed on the lower "end "of said lever to stantially V-shaped lever having its inter 'pass'through the opening when the lever is 10 mediate portion pivoted on'the plate. and in an activelposition, and a sleeve slidably passed through said slot, the terminals of embracing the opposite end of said lever and said lever lying at opposite sides of theplat'e the adjacent end of the plate to hold the and in parallelism therewith in one position lever active.

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directly beneath said slot, and a projection PULASKI ALKIRE. 

